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|ja_kanji = カツアゲロード<br>六壁遊歩道<br>デッドマンズ・カーブ

|ja_romaji = Katsuage Rōdo<br>Mutsu-kabe Yūhodō<br>Deddomanzu Kābu

|namesake = {{W|Shakedown Street}}<br>{{S|{{W|The= Grateful Dead}} song and album}}<br />{{nihongo|''Katsuage''|カツアゲ}} {{S|Japanese street slang for threatening for money}}<br />{{W|Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve}}<br>{{S|{{W|Jan and Dean}} single}}

The {{Nihongo|'''Shakedown Road'''|カツアゲロード|Katsuage Rōdo}}, formally known as the {{Nihongo|'''Mutsu-kabe Promenade'''|六壁遊歩道|Mutsukabe Yūhodō}}, is a neighborhood street in [[Morioh (Part 8)|Morioh]] where the residents are known for extorting visitors. Strange events take place there due to the effects of athe [[Stand]] [[Les Feuilles|Stand]].

Officially known as the {{Nihongo|'''Mutsu-kabe Promenade'''|六壁遊歩道|Mutsukabe Yūhodō}} and also nicknamed {{Nihongo|'''Deadman's Curve'''|デッドマンズ・カーブ|Deddomanzu Kābu}}, Shakedown Road is a curved hundred-fifty meter car-free street that connects to Hasekura High School in [[Morioh (Part 8)|Morioh]], S-City, {{W|Japan}}.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 18}}</ref> AsAlong the namestreet's suggests,path peopleare passing''{{w|Ginkgo throughbiloba}}'' aretrees, frequentlywhose extortedleaves orlitter "robbed"the throughground aand seriesare ofthe unfortunatemeans eventsby enabledwhich bythe a[[Stand]] [[Les Feuilles|Stand]] ingrained withcauses the environment.neighborhood's Theunique phenomenon isthat triggeredobjects when onethat steps ontouch the leaves litteringare themoved groundat imperceptibly fast speeds along them, causingconsciously thedirected Standby tothose carryaware of its nature. Legends say that the victimarea somewheregained elseits andstrange ability back in 1901 when [[Johnny Joestar]] brought the blink[[Saint's ofCorpse]] to Morioh in an eyeattempt to cure his wife [[Rina Higashikata]] of a [[Rock Disease|strange illness that turned her body to stone]]. MostWhile peopleJohnny whowas stepultimately onsuccessful, his attempts led to his infant son [[George Joestar III|George]] being struck by the leavessame doillness; nothe noticeultimately thisused the occurringCorpse and are[[Tusk|his eventuallyown takenmysterious advantagepower]] ofto bytransfer the residentsillness ofto thehimself, streetdying whounder aremysterious wellcircumstances awareas ofa large boulder suddenly appeared and cancrushed skillfullyhis usehead. In his memory, locals erected a {{MI|Joestar Jizō|jizō statue}} that is carefully maintained to the phenomenon.present Theday, streeteven hasdecorated with a general[[Minor ruleLocations/Part among8#SBR thoseHat whoShop|SBR]] livebrand onhat itnot thatunlike doesn'tthe allowone themworn toby talk[[Josuke aboutHigashikata its(JoJolion)|Josuke circumstancesHigashikata]] in the modern day.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 2021}}</ref>

File:JosukeJoestarJizo.png|Josuke discovering the Joestar JizoShrine

*[[Hirohiko Araki]] had the experience of one such road during his youth, although the thugs let him be because of mutual acquaintances at Araki's kendo club.<ref>{{INT|Tohoku GakuinUniversity (AugustOctober 2013)}}</ref>

*The formal name of the road and its shrine is a reference to the[[TSKR one-shotEpisode 2|Episode 2]] of ''[[Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan]]'', -as Episodewell 2:as its [[Mutsu-kabe Hill (Location)|titular location]].